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Allende's Chile and the Soviet Union: A Policy Lesson for Latin American Nations Seeking Autonomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Joseph L. Nogee  and
John W. Sloan
Joseph L. Nogee
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Houston, Central Campus, Houston, Texas 77004
John W. Sloan
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, University of Houston, Central Campus, Houston, Texas 77004
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The fall of Salvador Allende's government on September 11, 1973, has given rise to debates over many issues, such as the role of the United States in bringing about the conditions that led to a military coup, the feasibility of a peaceful road toward socialism, and the existence or nonexistence of a democratic and national bourgeoisie in Chile (Valenzuela and Valenzuela, 1975). One issue remains relatively unexplored, however, namely, how much was the Soviet Union willing to aid the Popular Unity (UP) government in its quest for autonomy from the United States? This quest for autonomy was a paramount foreign policy goal because the basic program of Allende's coalition government, approved by the Communist, Socialist, Radical, Social Democratic, Movement for Unitary Popular Action, and Independent Popular Action parties, stated that the basic cause of Chile's poverty and inflation was their intimate economic ties with the United States. The resulting dependence brought about the underdevelopment of Chile and prevented the Chilean bourgeoisie from being truly nationalistic. These dependent ties with the United States would have to be broken for Chile to be capable of autonomous development.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , August 1979 , pp. 339 - 368
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Copyright © University of Miami 1979

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